Curtain ring or hanger



(No Model.)

J. W. LESLIE.

CURTAIN RING, 0R HANGER. No. 365,691. Patented June 28, 1887.

J. \VILLIAM LESLIE, OF EVERETT, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-HALF TO ISAAC WATTS, OFWVAVERLY, AND J. O. \VILLIS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CURTAIN RING OR HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 365,691, dated June 28,1.887.

Application filed March 12, 1887. Serial No. 331,889. (No model.)

To all whom it 11mg; concern.-

Be it known that I, J. WVILLIAM LESLIE, of Everett, county of Middlesex,and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improve ment in CurtainRings or Hangers, ofwhich the following description, in connection withthe accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on thedrawings representing like parts. 1

This invention has for its object to construct a cheap and efficientcurtain ring or hanger adapted to be moved freely upon a pole.

In accordance wit-h this invention the ring is provided at its upperside with a roller-re- I5 ceiving space or recess, in which is placed aroller which has its bearings directly in the ring. The roller-receivingrecess is formed by bending the ring outward from or beyond the generalcircumference of the ring, the roller 2c serving to complete the ringand support it as the ring is moved on the rod. The roller, forcheapness, may be made of wood or equivalent material having a metalliccovering, while in the more expensive rings the roller may be madesolid, and have, if desired, a concave bearing-surface to better fit thepole.

Figure 1 in elevation shows a curtain ring embodying this invention;Fig. 2,.a vertical section in the line av of a portion of the ring 3cshown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a section of Fig. 2 on the dotted line 3/ 3Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the ring shown in Fig. 2, taken on thedotted line 2 z.

The ring a, as shown in Figs. 1 to 4, is made 5 from a fiat piece ofmetal having its side edges overturned, as bestshownin crosssection,Fig.

4, said ring being of sufficient diameter to slide freely upon the poleswith which it is to be employed. The ring shown in Fig. 1 is bent o.outward from its general circumference at its upper side, as atb, toform a rol1er-receiving recess, in which is placed a roller, 0, it sofit ting the recess as to practically form a continuation of itsinterior. The roller 0 is provided with journals 2 2, which pass throughor enter the. sides or ends of the outwardlybent part b of thering. Theroller 0 is preferably composed ofa core of wood (see Fig.

3) mounted upon or secured to the shaft 2 and a tube or so rroundiugcovering of metal, a", to inclose the core. The ring a has at its lowerend a loop or eye, cl, to which may be fastened t-hecurtain to besuspended from the ring.

.It will be understood from the foregoing that when the rings describedare placed upon a 5 pole with the rolls at the upper sideof the pole thesaidrolls, riding on the pole, enable the rings carrying, it may be, aheavy curtain to. roll or travel freely over the pole without friction,as would be the case were the rolls 6o omitted.

I am aware that curtain-rings have been provided with laterally-extendedarms carrying wheels which bear upon the upper side of the curtain-pole,and such construction I do not herein claim.

I claim- 1. A curtain ring orhanger composed of the ring a, bent up toform a roller-receiving recess, b, and a roller arranged upon a pin in7c said recess, constructed of a non-metallic core, and a metalliccovering for said core, substantially as described.

2. The ring a, ofsheet metal, shaped in crosssection substantially asshown, and provided with the bent-up recess b, combined with a rollerjournaled in such recess, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

J. WILLIAM LESLIE.

' Witnesses:

BERNIOE J. NOYEs, F. L. EMERY.

